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... however, the surrounding countryside is pretty - vineyards everywhere and distant snow covered mountains. We detoured to Desenzano on the banks of Lake Garda. Clearly a summer holiday town but a beautiful town situated on the shores of a huge lake. The water is crystal clear. Lunch at local trattoria consisting of local trout - scrumptious, a walk around town, purchase of veggies and fruit from local markets and off to the autostrada. ...

Leaving Milano, we started the day with Bergamo which is an ancient town about 40 km east of Milan we've been hearing a lot about. I have to admit that it wasn't as great as I thought it would be. Maybe it's just me setting my expectation too high. The old town (citta alta) is up on the hill and we had to take ...

... On the way, we stopped and got some strawberry chocolate fondue because it was the Chocolate Festival that weekend in Bergamo. We took a little trolley up the side of the mountain (think the Pittsburgh Incline if you have been there). We walked the winding cobblestone streets until we found the main plaza. We went up into the Campanone (a bell tower), which overlooked the upper city and lower city along with ...

... that area, as I wanted to have a look at the iPhone 6 "in person".

I went down to the Metro station and was going to buy a ticket from a Kiosk, but there were numerous young gypsy girls hovering about like vultures waiting to “assist” people buying tickets. Even after telling them “NO”, they still persisted. I wasn’t in the mood for that ****, so went to a nearby ticket booth and bought a day ticket so ...

... and drinks. There were guys playing football outside the hostel as we left and I was worried they'd hit mini Phil but Ness kindly reassured me they would actually be protecting him from all the burglars - great.

Having been successful in the car getting into Milan, we weren't quite so successful on foot at finding the tobaccherie to buy tickets for the tram. We located it eventually after walking up and back down the other side of the street and even managed to get off ...